Eighties icons Bucks Fizz are back – more than 30 years after they first stormed to stardom.

But after a bitter legal battle over the band’s name, they can’t actually call themselves Bucks Fizz – and the Bobby of the group is no longer Bobby G but lookalike Bobby McVay.

Nowadays the foursome go by “Cheryl, Mike and Jay, formerly of Bucks Fizz, with special guest Bobby McVay”.

Not quite as catchy.

But diehard fans won’t be disappointed. The Making Your Mind Up singers are kicking off an extended world tour in April with some rip-roaring routines.

The legal battle – which caused the four original members to fall out – means the Bucks Fizz name is officially owned by Bobby G’s wife Heidi Manton, and the couple tour with their version of the group.

Heyday: The original Bucks Fizz lineup (Image: LFI)

Former Sweet Dreams lead singer Bobby McVay joined in August and, with his spiky blond hair, he slots right in.

Mike Nolan , 60, said the new name was difficult to explain to fans who will always refer to them by their original name.

He said: “People will always ­introduce us as Bucks Fizz and there is nothing we can do about it.

"And my personal opinion is that we are Bucks Fizz. Cheryl, Jay, Mike and Bobby – and although this Bobby wasn’t part of it from the beginning, he’s a part of it now.

“So we are Bucks Fizz, we just can’t call ourselves that.”

Cheryl Baker, 60, said they did ask Bobby’s permission to use the name but he refused. They no longer talk.

The mum of two said: “He’s now in his own Bucks Fizz band with his wife Heidi and they do gigs that we don’t do.

“In the nicest possible way, they’re very cabaret and they suit the gigs they do but we’re not like that at all.

“I think the problem Bobby G has had is people saying to him, ‘You’re not Bucks Fizz.’ So he generally goes out as Bobby G’s Bucks Fizz. He doesn’t even use the name himself.”

Hanging around: The band shot to stardom in 1981

But Bobby G said: “The name of the group I perform in has never changed. Nobody denies they are recognised as members of the original group but what they can’t do is call themselves by the original name.

"This is a business decision and there’s never really been an opportunity to come to an amicable arrangement on this.”

Mike added: “We don’t keep in touch with him and it’s a chapter in our lives which is now shut.”

Since they formed in 1981 the band have always had a strong and vocal following.